2A Five-Year TABOR Time Out

Your investment, everyone's reward
In November 2005, voters approved ballot question 2A by almost 60 percent, allowing the Town to keep revenue over the Taxpayer Bill of Rights limit for parks, trails, recreation, roads and public safety.

That vote provided about $13 million over the course of five years, helping the Town keep up with service demands for fire and emergency medical services, police, recreation and roadway and park maintenance.

That was not a tax increase. Instead, the five-year timeout allowed the Town to de-Bruce like almost every other city, town and county in Colorado (almost 90 percent) whose voters have exempted them from the revenue limits imposed by TABOR.

In Douglas County, the Library District, School District, County, Town of Parker and City of Lone Tree also are exempt. Larkspur is the only exception.

The following list details Town improvements funding in part or in entirety by the TABOR timeout.

Regional law enforcement service delivery and facilities studies and assessments (the regional law enforcement committee determined a regional facility is not optimal but is seeking ways to use technology to improve information-sharing and other efficiencies among jurisdictions)